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THE CREATIVE CIRCLE: ARTIST, CRITIC, AND TRANSLATOR IN AFRICAN LITERATURE Media Studies exhausted by the demands ofTranslation, in all of its dimensions, was the theme of the 2001 African Literature Association Conference held in Richmond, Virginia. Translation encompasses more than the movement of expression from one language to another and includes the translating of one culture into another. The particularities of historical experience translated into the broader grasp of humanity and the specific personal experience translated in that broader grasp are also